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Beloved in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter became the 39th US president and used his office to make human rights a priority throughout the world.
It is not mere expansion, but the character of the expansion which will guide the five Brics countries on whether they admit new members.
The sites provide a rare tangible record of the international solidarity that existed during the Cold War.
It came about through sustained contact with native Spanish speakers who directly translated phrases from Spanish into English, a form of linguistic borrowing called ‘calques.’
Cubans turned out in higher numbers than expected at the recent elections.
Carter’s work in Zimbabwe forms a significant and under appreciated part of his legacy
The island is facing the harshest economic conditions since the 1990s, prompting 224,000 people to leave in 12 months.
South Africa’s foreign policy under Ramaphosa emphasises economic diplomacy and ‘progressive internationalism’, which promotes global equity and ending the dominance of the global north.
Despite decades of progress on nonproliferation, Russia’s new threats of nuclear strikes bring to mind that convincing countries to reduce their nuclear weapons has long been very difficult.
Cuba is acting on the scientific fact that humanity will be safest when all who can be vaccinated are vaccinated. It is following the science and earning its trusted reputation.
A military historian and U.S. Army veteran explains how wars are not easy to win – something political leaders often forget when looking at the calculus of conflict.
Some economic sanctions may violate international law principles, including those the sanctions are intended to enforce. They may therefore undermine the very legal regimes Canadians champion.
Attacking your own side and blaming your foe has a long history and a firm grip on the popular imagination. But the internet makes it difficult to pull off – and less desirable.
Attacking your own side and blaming your foe has a long history and a firm grip on the popular imagination. But the internet makes it difficult to pull off – and less desirable.
South Africans are led by a dithering president at the helm of an inept political party which has already passed its sell by date.
The country appears to have created two highly protective jabs – though rigorous data on their testing still needs to be seen.
Cuba has handled COVID well, but sanctions and economic uncertainty are causing unrest among some sections of society.
After Fidel Castro took power, government plans to build new housing, schools and factories were hindered by sanctions and supply chain issues, forcing architects to come up with creative solutions.
Canadian economist David Card won the Nobel Prize in economics for demonstrating that large-scale immigration has no effect on the wages of native-born workers. In doing so, he’s challenged Economics 101.
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Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
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Research Associate, Institute of the Americas, UCL
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NRF Accredited & Senior Researcher; Lead Coordinator of the South-South Educational Collaboration & Knowlede Interchange Initiative, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Professor of Spanish, St. Joseph's College of New York
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Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Professor, Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Queen's University, Ontario
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Director, Latin American Business Environment program, University of Florida
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Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, University of Kent
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Associate Professor, Global Studies, Appalachian State University
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Senior Lecturer in Latin American Studies & Visual Culture, Royal Holloway University of London
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Aberdeen
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Associate Professor of History, Gonzaga University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Agroecology, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Sustainable Practice, University of Southampton
